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Another "drop off"!!!

I live on one of the busiest highways in our area and people are always dropping off their poor unwanted animals here on my doorstep. It makes me ssoooo angry I could spit! I have lost count of the dogs/cats that have been put out here near our house in the 22 yrs. we have lived here. I know it must "sooth" those heartless peoples minds thinking "oh yeah, someone there will take them in". Are they really stupid enough to think that we can take in all of these poor babies they no longer want or never wanted to begin with? Sometimes they wander off before we can do anything but we always have to call animal control. Well...today someone dropped off the most adorable little brown mutt, she looks to be about 10-12 weeks old, very friendly and submissive, she looks healthy, just very skinny and eats like a piglet!!! We have had a terrible time trying to keep our dog Molly away from her when we take her outside to potty. Molly is our big spoiled 2 yr. old (house) Beagle. My hubby said we are not calling animal control this time because she will be PTS, and right now we can't think of anyone who can take her. We are seriously thinking about just keeping her ourselves. So I need advice on what to do. Right now she is sleeping on our backporch under the patio table, its very warm here and I gave her a comfy rug. I'm worried about her being around our other dog until I can get her checked out by the Vet, which will have to next week after I get paid. What should I watch for as far as health in the time being? She looks like shes maybe a dachsund mix.

"Life is mostly froth and bubble; one thing stands like stone. Kindness in anothers trouble, courage in your own"

Keep her away from any other dogs, and on the safe side, on your other dog as well. Perhaps a place where the beagle hasnt defecated (adult dogs can have parasites that dont affect them that can be harmful to puppies). Or maybe locking her in any extra room or bathroom.

Some vets will let you do payment plans, ours here lets us give them a postdated check (in case you never may they will just cash it in 6 months or whatever). It's at least worth a call. Goodluck!

Thanks Merico, I called my Vet this morning and they can get her in Monday afternoon. Turns out a basic check with vaccinations is around $60, so I can swing that right now. I'm nervous and excited!! She is so adorable but I had a really bad experience last year with a dog I adopted, broke our hearts, so I'm a little skittish about this one. I'm gonna need all the luck I can get:)

"Life is mostly froth and bubble; one thing stands like stone. Kindness in anothers trouble, courage in your own"

Awww. I bet she is cute. Hope to see some pics of her. I agree about people dropping off animals. They have no right to just assume that someone will take them in , or they wont be injured or killed. I never understood how anyone could abandon an animal. My lord, what the heck is wrong with people. So much irresponsibilty.

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Isn't it sickening the way people do? They dump them when they get tired of them or let them run loose. I posted on here about a month ago about a mama dog and her puppies running loose. They were about 6 to 8 wks. old. We got her put back in the neighbor's back yard, but this morning when I was driving down the street running off our street, I saw what I know was the mama dog lying on the side of the road where someone had hit her. It just makes me want to sit down and bawl how some of these animals are cared for. You are a very caring person to take this little dog in. Bless you and your husband for doing that. I wish there were more caring people in this world.

How's the little brown girl doing? Good for you for taking her in. I'm just curious about where you live though, because in our area, it's usually easier to place a smaller breed than say a pitbull, unfortunately. Just a thought, and I wish you lots of luck if you do keep her, I bet she's a sweet little thing.People are so cruel, I have the same thing happen here, only people bring me animals they find now.I have to be so careful, because I also do breed registered Bostons.

Hi, so far she is doing great!!! She is absolutely the sweetest thing I have ever seen. Shes eating good, sleeps alot. The only hard thing has been keeping her separated from our other dog until she checks out at the vet tomorrow. Gave her a good scrub yesterday and she looks good, just really thin. But hopefully alot of good feedings will soon have her fattening up. I live here in the country in Virginia, don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good people here, its a good place to live, raise kids. you don't even have to lock your doors. But some of the people here are still so stupid about animals. Our animal control here is a joke. I've wanted to adopt a dog for a long time but I wouldn't go back through them because of what happened to me the last time I adopted from them. We don't see a lot of Pits around here, don't know why, I know a couple of people who own one, but not many. We get a lot of drop offs here because we live in an upscale mobile home park, all of us who live here have nice homes/cars and everyone in the area knows we are all decent working or retired people and they know I have another dog so I guess they figure the animals they drop off here have a good chance of finding a home.

"Life is mostly froth and bubble; one thing stands like stone. Kindness in anothers trouble, courage in your own"

Update!!! Just wanted to say that we took our new little addition to the Vet this afternoon and she checked out A-ok. The Dr. said he thinks she is about 4-5 months old and is definitely part Dachsund. We have named her Ivy Grace. I know it may be odd but I always give my dogs "people" names, first and middle. Our Beagles name is Molly Ann. After all they are are babies and need good names:)I'll post pics soon.

"Life is mostly froth and bubble; one thing stands like stone. Kindness in anothers trouble, courage in your own"

I bet she is a real cutie. Congrats to you for helping her out & taking her in. At least she's still young so housebreaking/training won't be such a bother. You never know, she may turn out to be a real gift in the end..

By the way, cute name! Can't wait to see pics.

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